Ruby had her piglets this week, just a few hours before Farm Store started on Sunday. We happened upon them during morning chores – momma resting on her side, the piglets nestled beside her, with 2 hefty portions of placenta plopped on the ground nearby. As...
Leaving my backpack in my Dad’s car overnight didn’t strike me as a stupid thing to do back then. But it was, because later that evening, my Dad did what he’d done many times before and took the car to fill up the little gas can we’d use for the lawn mower...
I’d be lying if I said that having a break from pig farrowing hasn’t been nice. These past 6 weeks without new piglets to tend to has given us a breather to catch up on other farm tasks and transition into our summer groove. It’s been lovely,...
Long before we had all these pigs roaming the pastures. And before we moved the 200 year old barn to the farm from a few miles down the road (did you know we did this?). And before we built the Farm Store, Greg and I made a deal with the powers that be. If the stars...
You probably won’t believe this. But every year or so, we actually interview a bunch of our customers. It might sound strange, but I’m totally serious! We spend time creating a list of topics we’re curious about and questions that we might want to...
Pigs, while less than half the size of cows, are rough on pastures. With those incredibly strong snouts of theirs, they’ll turn what was once rich pasture in the fall season, into barren land by the spring. This spells trouble on a farm like ours, since barren land is...
